When Sam Strube built his '23 T roadster--one of the contenders in R&C Asphalt Ego-Rama last year--he decided against running a hood. After kicking up a load of desert dust at El Mirage and across the Mojave, that extra piece of sheetmetal started to make sense to Sam. When we got to Phoenix, we stopped in at Industrial Chassis, where owner Steve Szymanski was hosting an open house. While the rest of the crowd ate his food and drank his beer, Steve gave us a lesson in the fine art of building a cool custom hood. Here's how he did it.
